WHEN it was revealed that the shiny and new HD-friendly EastEnders set had cost the BBC £87million, there was uproar. But now bosses have revealed the revamp was a necessity for safety reasons – because the old lot was so battered “chimneys wobbled in the wind”.
Speaking to Radio Times, production manager Rona McKendrick said: “The lot got shabbier and shabbier. “Once the rain and the wind got in, it really started degrading.
In recent years, it became unsafe in winds – you could see the chimneys wobbling.” She added that, on blustery days, the team would have to measure wind pressure outside and “at a certain level, we had to evacuate the lot”. .css-qu9fel{border-top:1px solid #dcdddd;}.css-b9nmbi{margin-bottom:16px;border-top:1px solid.
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